Armando Bayolo is an award winning composer and conductor whose works have been performed throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean by some of the most important established and emerging artists in the world at important venues like the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan (Puerto Rico), the Aspen Music Festival and the Badkuip in Amsterdam. His work has been honored with awards from the Fromm Music Foundation, the Cintas Foundation and the states arts councils of Iowa and North Carolina, among others. He lives in Alexandria, VA, with his wife and daughters.